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scared

[ skaird ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

filled with fear, terror, or dread, often suddenly; frightened; alarmed:
The doctor provided not only physical treatment but also moral guidance for scared patients with terminal diagnoses.
I came into college as a scared freshman and left as a confident, competent adult.

Origin of scared¹

Once I got over that hurdle, it was as if a huge weight had lifted and I was not scared anymore.

I was briefly scared into eating regularly, but all too soon, the fears fade and my old habits return.

He recalled for Koenig how scared Jay was the night he was picked up by cops—though not of the police, but of Adnan.

About our Eric Garners—too fat, too scared, too noncompliant, too many kids—there are always, as Flagg knows well, excuses.

Um, I was getting ready for Talking Dead so I would try to check in, but I also was like a little bit…scared?

He was scared from the world by its vices; and sometimes longed to repose his wearied spirit in the grave.

My spurs fairly lifted the dun horse, and we scuttled in the opposite direction like a scared antelope.

What a spectral and exaggerated shape all things take in her scared and over-excited gaze!

As they brush the holly-leaves, in passing, the very sprays that touch the dresses of the scared girls are stirring.

Was it to be wondered at that I felt proud and elated if also a little scared as to how I should get on.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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